[MA] Decompressing Historical Martial arts styles

Varyon · 09-04-2015, 09:21 AM

While Giganti and his students may have made no outlandish claims, and perhaps had no such claims made about them, the description implies a few possibilities in a cinematic campaign. Dual Weapon Attack - mixing Rapier, Main Gauche, and Wrestling in a variety of ways - seems appropriate, and thus so does Dual Weapon Defense. Hand Catch seems appropriate for that weapon-hand grapple as well. A cinematic Venetian Rapier stylist is highly likely to have Weapon Master (Rapier), but adding in the other weapons is much less likely.

This looks to be the start of an interesting thread, so I'll be watching it. I don't know enough about various historical styles to be able to contribute, however.

09-04-2015, 09:21 AM	#5
Varyon Join Date: Jun 2013	Re: [MA] Decompressing Historical Martial arts styles While Giganti and his students may have made no outlandish claims, and perhaps had no such claims made about them, the description implies a few possibilities in a cinematic campaign. Dual Weapon Attack - mixing Rapier, Main Gauche, and Wrestling in a variety of ways - seems appropriate, and thus so does Dual Weapon Defense. Hand Catch seems appropriate for that weapon-hand grapple as well. A cinematic Venetian Rapier stylist is highly likely to have Weapon Master (Rapier), but adding in the other weapons is much less likely. This looks to be the start of an interesting thread, so I'll be watching it. I don't know enough about various historical styles to be able to contribute, however.